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a greater Degree: Questions are started to what<lb/> | <p>a greater Degree: Questions are started to what<lb/> | ||
Degree, in what Instances, to what Purposes it's<lb/> | Degree, in what Instances, to what Purposes <sic>it's</sic><lb/> | ||
Violation may be permitted | Violation may be permitted— The Word is warped<lb/> | ||
aside and turns technical | aside and turns technical — Men lose their <lb/> | ||
Confidence in their Conception of it's Import | Confidence in their Conception of it's Import—<lb/> | ||
Glosses and Explanations and Modifications & <lb/> | Glosses and Explanations and Modifications & <lb/> | ||
Restrictions become necessary to keep it <sic>streight</sic>;<lb/> | Restrictions become necessary to keep it <sic>streight</sic>;<lb/> | ||
and the Definition loses that Simplicity & <lb/> | and the Definition loses that Simplicity & <lb/> | ||
Conciseness the effectuating of which was the <lb/> | Conciseness the effectuating of which was the <lb/> | ||
sole purpose of its Fabrication. | sole purpose of its Fabrication.</p> | ||
Endless would be the Enumeration of such <lb/> | <p>Endless would be the Enumeration of such <lb/> | ||
Phrases, as, seeming at first Sight to answer<lb/> | Phrases, as, seeming at first Sight to answer<lb/> | ||
the purpose of covering guilt in every Case and <lb/> | the purpose of covering guilt in every Case and <lb/> | ||
at the same Time of excluding Innocence, would <lb/> | at the same Time of excluding Innocence, would <lb/> | ||
be found on a closer Inspection not to do so | be found on a closer Inspection not to do so —<lb/> | ||
Sensible of the Difficulty and Delicacy of the Task, <lb/> | Sensible of the Difficulty and Delicacy of the Task, <lb/> | ||
I dare not promise, that such as I have <del>respectively</del><lb/> | I dare not promise, that such as I have <del>respectively</del><lb/> | ||
adopted for this and the subsequent Definitions, are <lb/> | adopted for this and the subsequent Definitions, are <lb/> | ||
for a certainty, in no Instance, of | for a certainty, in no Instance, of the Number.</p> | ||
Meanwhile I have entered into this Discussion<lb/> | <p>Meanwhile I have entered into this Discussion<lb/> | ||
for the Sake of | for the Sake of <sic>shewing</sic> how anxious a <lb/> | ||
Circumspection is necessary In the Selection and < | Circumspection is necessary In the Selection <add>and</add></p> | ||
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a greater Degree: Questions are started to what
Degree, in what Instances, to what Purposes it's
Violation may be permitted— The Word is warped
aside and turns technical — Men lose their
Confidence in their Conception of it's Import—
Glosses and Explanations and Modifications &
Restrictions become necessary to keep it streight;
and the Definition loses that Simplicity &
Conciseness the effectuating of which was the
sole purpose of its Fabrication.
Endless would be the Enumeration of such
Phrases, as, seeming at first Sight to answer
the purpose of covering guilt in every Case and
at the same Time of excluding Innocence, would
be found on a closer Inspection not to do so —
Sensible of the Difficulty and Delicacy of the Task,
I dare not promise, that such as I have respectively
adopted for this and the subsequent Definitions, are
for a certainty, in no Instance, of the Number.
Meanwhile I have entered into this Discussion
for the Sake of shewing how anxious a
Circumspection is necessary In the Selection and
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